Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is...

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is...

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make...

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on...

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting...

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon...